Launching Our Black Children for Success: A Guide for Parents of Kids from Three to Eighteen

DiGeronimo, Theresa Foy,Ladner, Joyce A.

ISBN 10: 0787964883 / ISBN 13: 9780787964887

Published by Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Launching Our Black Children for Success: A Guide for Parents of Kids from Three to Eighteen
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787964883
• ISBN 13: 9780787964887
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Offers advice to African-American parents on how to prepare their children for success from their earliest development stages, explaining how to make the most of a parent's own experiences while outlining a plan to provide children with necessary strengths and strategies. Original.

About the Author

Joyce A. Ladner, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and the first woman to serve as president of Howard University, where she was also vice president for academic affairs and professor of social work. She is chair of the Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy and a board member of the Maya Angelou Charter School. She is the author of The Ties That Bind: Timeless Values for African American Families (Wiley).

Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, M.Ed., is the author of several successful books, including How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things and other titles in the Jossey-Bass How to Talk series.